Movie Makers (Jan-Dec 1953)

MOVIE MAKERS Hard Way, and Well, I'll be Darned. During December the members viewed two instruction films from the ACL Club Film Library, It's Up To You (on film care) and Entitled to Success (on title making). Albany For the entertainment of their guests at a special Pittsfield Night, the Amateur Motion Picture Society of Albany, ACL, in New York, screened Westward Ho!, by Katherine Behringcr; Journey into Spring, by Helen C. Welsh, ACL, and The Gannets, 1950 Maxim Award winner by Warren A. Levett, ACL. Olive Klein and Madeline O'Keefe were in charge of the event. Rochester The new °mcers of the Amateur Movie Club of Rochester, N. Y., are Harry C. Detweiler, ACL, president; Robert J. Stalker, vicepresident; James C. Loughman, secretary, and Mrs. Florence E. Lourette, treasurer. The club meets on the last Wednesday of each month at the George Eastman House, 900 East Avenue, and an invitation has been extended for all interested to visit. Kansas City Tne Kansas City (Mo.) Amateur Movie Makers, ACL, awarded first prize in its recent contest to The Pioneer, by Lillian and Clarence Simpson, ACL. Also in the competition, which was held in Atkins Hall before an audience of over 500, were Through the Year, by Jim and Sylvia Willoughby, second prize, and Christmas, by Violet and Bill Goodson, ACL, third prize. Ra-Cine elects Officers of the RaCine Club, ACL, of Racine, Wise, for the coming year will be W. G. Marshall, ACL, president; Mrs. John Kibar, vicepresident; Fred Bullock, secretary, and John Tishuk, ACL, treasurer. The annual Christmas banquet was held on December 13 at Emmaus Church Hall, with dinner and entertainment enjoyed by all. Queensland Members of the Queensland Amateur Cine Society, of Brisbane, Australia, packed up basket lunches and set off for an outing in the wild country on WANT TO JOIN A MOVIE CLUB? Write to the ACL for the address of the club nearest you. If there is no club active in your community, we'll send you free a detailed bulletin on how to get one going. Address: Clubs, Amateur Cinema League, 420 Lexington Avenue, New York 17, N. Y. November 30. with games, swimming and filming galore. Plans are now completed for a new instructional course for beginners consisting of two lectures on movie making each month. Although the course does not start until February, more than 40 members have enrolled for the entire series. Philadelphia Winners of the 8-16 Movie Club of Philadelphia, ACL, Gold Cup contest, announced at the club's annual banquet on December 4, were Florida ( 16mm. ) . by Ralph Vozzy, ACL, and Vacation Days (8mm.), by Lou Sobel. Highlights of the Christmas celebration were screenings of In Fancy Free, the 1951 Maxim Award winner, and Keyboard Karnival, 1946 winner of the Gold Cup contest. Minneapolis Tne Minneapolis Octo-Cine Guild, ACL, the most recent addition to the evergrowing roster of ACL member clubs throughout the world, welcomed Christmas with its annual party at Stouffers restaurant in that city. After dinner, members and their guests were entertained with screenings of recent club productions, followed by dancing and games. Bergen County New officers for the Amateur Movie Society of Bergen County. ACL. in New Jersey, are Ralph Santulli. president; Alfred Oswald, vicepresident; Wally Koechel. ACL. secretary; Leon Konsevich, treasurer, and William Messner, ACL. program and publicity chairman. At the club's annual Christmas party on December 15, the entertainment included showings of Symphony of the Village, by Bert Seckendorf, ACL; John J. Lloyd, ACI, ill 5 t_ r -> "HUP i fjSfl n •XI ;J*. IM IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, the Amateur Movie Club of San Diego entertains the Long Beach Cinema Club at a joint screening. Hal Potter, ACL, San Diego president, is at projector. 25 Xmas Story, by Victor Watson and \Ii Seckendorf. and Fire-Fighters Field Day, by Mr. Messner. The la^t named was an Honorable Mention winner in the ACL's Ten Best cutest for 1952. Cape Town At its November open forum meeting, tinCape Town (South Africa) Photographic Society, ACL. started a new educational scries entitled Help The lieginner, with lectures and demonstrations by club members on the use of different makes of cameras. Following this instructional session, the members enjoyed Hippo Kill, a film with a selfexplanatory title by Mr. Pollak. L. A. dinner Tlle Los Angeles Cinema Club. ACL. welcomed the Christmas season with its annual contest and dinner at the Ebell Club on December 9. During the evening, Harold K. Folsom was installed as president for the coming year, with Marcus I. Russek, ACL, vicepresident; Arthur E. Harvey, secretary, and Howard G. Stephens, treasurer. The contest winners will be announced in a later issue. Hawaii elects At a recent meet ing, the Hawaii Cinema League elected George Q. Lai as chairman for the new year, with David K. Morton, ACL, as vicechairman and Thomas Y. J. Lum, ACL, as secretary-treasurer. The results of the club's annual 8mm. contest, held during December, will be announced shortly. Making the most of tape [Continued from page 17] and recorded an ex tempore commentary describing each shot in turn. For example, the sequence above would be described as: "Car in distance; Sign. "Stop, Look, Listen'; Sign and car; Train; Car; Train; Car; Girl; . . ." and so on. During this procedure. I keep the projector synchronized to the tape so that I can, if necessary, play back this pilot commentary accurately in step with the film. If you try this technique, you will find you can anticipate the next shot slightly so that the first word of description is spoken immediately as the shot appears on the screen. With fastcutting sequences. how7ever. you may find yourself getting in a muddle. It is better then to have an assistant tap a suitable object — a bell if you like — to mark the start of each shot. This leaves you free to hesitate slightly before you provide the description. So far, my method is identical with that described by Neal Du Brey. ACL. in A Recording Timer from July, 1952. Movie Makers. But whereas he pre